periprosthetic fracture

Periprosthetic fracture is a term used to describe any fracture that occurs around an implanted orthopedic prosthesis, most commonly knee or hip arthroplasties.

Epidemiology

Periprosthetic fractures complicate, ~1% of total hip arthroplasties and ~1.5% of total knee arthroplasties .

Radiographic features

They can be difficult to diagnose, with metalware potentially obscuring the fracture on x-ray or creating extensive artifact on CT/MRI.

See also

• complications of hip arthroplasties
• periprosthetic hip fractures (classification systems)

Siehe auch:

• Vancouver-Klassifikation periprothetische Femurfraktur
• periprothetische Femurfraktur
• periprothetische Humerusfraktur

und weiter:

• periprothetische Tibiafraktur
• distale periprothetische Femurfraktur